I think, therefore iPod: Is there more to Apple's New MP3 player than we imagine?

Macworld, February, 2002 by Ihnatko, Andy

WHEN THE FOLKS AT Apple phoned and invited me to a briefing, they promised to show me "a revolutionary, breakthrough new media product"--and those words had the power to get me awake and out of bed at 9 in the morning. They also got me showered and shaved and seated in a downtown conference room by 10:30--an hour clearly fit only for farmers at harvesttime or people being prepped for emergency surgery.

There hadn't been a sound from the two managers and one engineer sitting beside me, but already the trip was worth it. There it sat on the table, beckoning, and such ...